Cape League: Brewster takes East lead

BREWSTER — Brewster padded its Cape Cod Baseball League lead in home runs with two more and got a lights-out pitching performance from Buddy Baumann to beat Harwich 5-0 yesterday.

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BREWSTER — Brewster padded its Cape Cod Baseball League lead in home runs with two more and got a lights-out pitching performance from Buddy Baumann to beat Harwich 5-0 yesterday.

With the win, Brewster passed Harwich (6-4) to move into first place in the Eastern Division.

Baumann (Missouri State) pitched seven shutout innings and allowed just one hit. He also struck out six batters in picking up his first win.

The Ole Miss duo of Rory McKean and Wade Broyles combined on the shutout for the Whitecaps (6-4-2).

James Meador (San Diego) hit a solo home run with one out in the first inning.

Brewster added two more runs in the fifth, then tacked on the final runs in the sixth on a Connor Powers (Mississippi State) two-run homer. Powers went 3-for-4 and finished a triple short of the cycle.

SOUTH YARMOUTH — The Braves clawed back from a three-run hole in the first inning and used a five-run fifth to pull away in a rain -hortened game at Red Wilson Field.

After falling behind on three unearned Y-D runs in the first inning, Bourne (4-7) scored twice in the third and once in the fourth to tie it.

Jordan Henry (Ole Miss) singled, stole second and was driven in by Dusty Coleman (Wichita State) to give the Braves a 4-3 lead.

After a single, a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk loaded the bases, Richard Jones (Citadel) struck out for the second out.

The next batter, Tyler Cannon (Virginia), hit an RBI single to center field, scoring one easily, but Y-D center fielder Keenan Wiley (Kentucky) missed the ball, allowing two more runs to score and leaving Cannon on third.

Marc Krauss (Ohio) hit a single to drive in Cannon and cap the scoring.

ORLEANS — Four Orleans pitchers combined for a one-hit shutout to beat Hyannis and move out of the Eastern Division cellar.

Rob Rasmussen (UCLA) went five innings and picked up the win for the Cardinals (5-5). Kyle Kamppi (Georgia Southern) picked up his fourth save with a perfect ninth.

Orleans had just three hits. But two came in the fourth inning to pick up the only run of the game.

Gary Brown (CS-Fullerton) singled to lead off the inning. Cole Figueroa (Florida) sacrificed Brown. Angelo Songco (Loyola Marymount) singled to left field for the RBI.

Songco went 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.

Chris Dominguez (Louisville) had the only hit for Hyannis (6-4). Dominguez doubled to lead off the fourth inning. Dominguez moved to third on a fielders' choice, but the next two batters struck out, stranding him 90 feet from home.

Andrew Carraway (Virginia) had another solid start for the Mets, but was stuck with the loss.

FALMOUTH — Mike Bianucci blasted his league-leading fourth home run and Matt Fairel pitched six strong innings in his season debut to lead the West-leading Kettleers.

Kevin Patterson hit a three-run homer in the top of the first for Cotuit (8-2) while Jason Kipnis went 4-for-5 with three runs scored.

Bianucci hit an opposite-field solo blast in the top of the second. He leads the league in RBIs with 16. The Auburn junior hit three homers and had 10 RBIs for the Kettleers all of last summer.

Fairel struck out six, allowed just three hits and gave up just one earned run. Kipnis (Arizona State) cleared the bases with a fourth-inning double to give Cotuit an 8-1 lead.

Robert Stock (USC) went 2-for-4 for the Kettleers while Patterson (Auburn) was 2-for-5.

Jimmy Cesario was 2-for-4 with two steals for Falmouth while (5-5-1) ,while Trevor Coleman had a pair of doubles and scored a run. Darin Ruf drove in both the Commodores runs.

CHATHAM — Cole Leonida and Kipp Schutz each hit their first homers of the season, and Gatemen pitchers struck out 16 batters.

Leonida (Georgia Tech) went 2-for-4 and also doubled in the second inning as Wareham (3-8) scored four runs to grab a 5-0 lead.

Raynor Cambell (Baylor) went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored, while Gatemen teammate Aaron Baker also went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI's.

Grant Green (USC) went 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI for Chatham (5-7). Corey Olson was 3-for-4 for the A's, while Victor Sanchez was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.

Wareham reliever Josh Slaats (Hawaii) pitched the final two innings and struck out five.

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